traitor
English Thesaurus
1. a person who says one thing and does another (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | judas, |
| definition | : | someone who betrays under the guise of friendship (noun.person) |
2. someone who betrays his country by committing treason (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw, |
| definition | : | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | collaborationist, collaborator, quisling, |
| definition | : | someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fifth columnist, saboteur, |
| definition | : | a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | traitress, |
| definition | : | female traitor (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | arnold, benedict arnold, |
| definition | : | United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801) (noun.person) |
3. a person who says one thing and does another (noun.person)
| derivation | : | betray, deceive, lead astray, |
| definition | : | cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | double cross, |
| definition | : | betray by double-dealing (verb.social) |
4. someone who betrays his country by committing treason (noun.person)
| derivation | : | high treason, lese majesty, treason, |
| definition | : | a crime that undermines the offender's government (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | subversiveness, traitorousness, treason, |
| definition | : | disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful, |
| definition | : | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor (adj.all) |
5. a person who says one thing and does another (noun.person)
| derivation | : | betray, deceive, lead astray, |
| definition | : | cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | double cross, |
| definition | : | betray by double-dealing (verb.social) |
6. someone who betrays his country by committing treason (noun.person)
| derivation | : | high treason, lese majesty, treason, |
| definition | : | a crime that undermines the offender's government (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | subversiveness, traitorousness, treason, |
| definition | : | disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful, |
| definition | : | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor (adj.all) |
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